Right Way Up For Cheeky Opening

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade6 4
  2. heartA Q 10 6 2
  3. diamondA 10 5
  4. clubA 7 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 9 8 3
  2. heartK J 7 4
  3. diamondK 9 2
  4. clubQ 5

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: clubJ
West North East South
Pass Pass Pass
1heart Pass 3heart Pass
4heart End
You have to be careful here - it's all a matter of timing. The diamond honours may to be split, but unless the opposition elect to open up the suit themselves, a cause for suspicion in itself, you will need to create a spade winner to ditch your potential loser. clubQ is covered by the king, so duck, win the club return, ruff a club high and draw trumps - which are two-two. Now lead a spade..
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